Supplier Quality Assurance Specialist

Business Area: Nestle UK&I

Location: Tutbury, Derbyshire

Salary: £42,000 - £45,000 depending on experience.

Some of our other fantastic benefits

• Potential, discretionary annual bonus
• Generous pension scheme – up to 12% contribution from Nestle
• 12 flexible days on top of 25-day holiday entitlement
• 2 paid volunteering days
• A focus on personal development and growth.

About the Role

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Supplier Quality Assurance Specialist to join our Quality team in a permanent, on-site position at our state-of-the-art Coffee Manufacturing plant in Tutbury, Derbyshire.

Nestlé Tutbury Factory in Derbyshire is one of the largest Nestlé factories in Europe after a £250 million investment over the last few years. The factory produces several of the most well-known Nescafé products in the world through freeze-dried, spray dried and pod coffee production technologies and is at the forefront of coffee production globally.

We take pride in championing inclusion and diversity. We proudly signed the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter, are committed to Disability Confidence, and have been recognised as a Times Top 50 Employer for gender equality for three consecutive years. Additionally, we are a headline partner of Diversity and Inclusion in grocery.

Your impact

This role will offer support for the Quality Team to produce safe, compliant and First Time Right products and minimise losses through Supply Quality systems co-ordination and improvement, coaching and verification.

This role also offers the chance to work closely with the Quality Manager in reviewing and planning quality improvement across the factory.

Key areas of responsibility:

• Leadership: Contribute as a member of the factory Quality Assurance team and provide cover for other members of the team. You will also be expected to deliver quality objectives such as complaints reduction, foreign body reduction and First Right (FTR) improvements.
• Quality Expertise: You will be the site contact point for Kosher & Halal as well as works with CTAG material experts to ensure performance of materials in production process and minimise waste.
• Supporting with Capability Building: Build knowledge of Supply Quality with Inbound Production and Quality team whilst promoting quality awareness and the commitment to quality across the factory.
• Compliance Management and Verification: This will include but would not be limited to organising sampling activity, internal and external auditing, writing intake specifications and inbound HACCP and performing intake checks and release of materials, including first delivery of allergens.
• Accidents and Consumer Complaints: This will mainly focus on management and prevention. You will address non-conformities of inbound materials by controlling stock and taking corrective actions where appropriate.